Guild Wars 2

If you’re a veteran online gamer like me and you’ve played several other MMOs, like GW and WoW, then chances are that you’ve heard of this service before.

Now I’m sure I’m not the only player out there who has created a character of a certain name and later regretted the name choice. Furthermore, by the time you’ve decided that you don’t like the name, you’ve already reached level 60 or 70, or even maxed out the character’s level. There’s no way any sane person would go and delete a character and start over with a new name after investing that much time in it.

Many other user-friendly MMOs have offered a name-changing service with a nominal fee for this exact reason, whether it be via the website or an in-game store option. And as a result, it’s generated a lot of extra revenue for their businesses with such a simple task. Sadly, Guild Wars 2 has yet to implement a feature that allows players to do so.

I recently had a conversation with a GM concerning this issue. He politely declined a request to just directly perform a name change, but he did suggest that I appeal to you all for support on this proposal. If we can gather up enough people who desire this feature to be implemented and make a commotion about it via the forums, the game programmers are sure to notice eventually and take our suggestions into account for a later update. It’s bound to be implemented eventually!

So who else here would like to have a name change performed, for one reason or another? Please share your stories and emphasize your opinion that this feature should be added to the Black Lion Trading Company in-game store!

I would like a name change on 2 of my chars & would be willing to pay for it.

This feature is being added (By the looks of it to me anyway)

Go to BLTC>trade>Searh>Gizmos.

new items are there (Not released yet by the looks of it) like Power boosters, Stat Re-attribute(?) & name change.
ofc not available yet and im not sure if its just a bug, but looks to me that it will be released on Nov 15th or later ;p

Oh wow! There really is an item that already exists, in-game that makes this possible. Apparently added in the October update, before Halloween began. Sadly, they’re still unavailable… I wonder when they will be unlocked and how you can get them. I’m guessing it’s all gem store stuff.

Check it out:
http://www.guildwars2guru.com/topic/70104-new-items-coming-soon/
http://www.gw2db.com/items/70576-name-change-contract

Glad to see the A-Net staff is paying attention to our needs! I hope we can buy these really soon!

Finally! I can’t wait to change my surname!

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Any news on when this item will make it to the gem store? Should have come together with the makeover kits, really.

A month later, and still no Name Change Contract available in the gem store for purchase… I got excited when I saw the announcement for the Makeover Kits, but alas, this rogue item is yet to be released…

Given that ANet seems to have virtually no programmers on payroll, it’s not surprising (though it’s very disappointing) that this isn’t in yet.

I’m eagerly anticipating the implementation of this feature, but if their programming staff is as limited as it seems (based particularly on the astoundingly long implementation time of, for example, a fix for the game-breaking FotM disconnection bug), I’m not surprised that this would be a lower-priority issue.

Not to mention they still haven’t implemented Guesting. I wonder which takes higher priority. Probably Guesting. It would eliminate the need for people’s constant switching of servers/worlds…

Agreed almost every MMO out there now has this feature GW2 needs to implement it. Not tease us with it as a non buyable item on the TP. I’ve been waiting for this since I snagged the name I wanted on Nov 8th when names were free again.

You got my vote… I want this too.